Warning Shots

After last Saturday's loss to South Carolina UK's Demarcus Cousins gave a fan a couple of upper cuts to the chin. During a win in Lexington Cousins got away with a blatant elbow to one of UofL's players. The CBS commentators felt he should have been ejected from the game. Eric Crawford of the Courier Journal feels we should "move on". Everything just said was a fact. I have to disagree with Eric for a couple of reasons which I feel to be compelling. I've been a victim of violence. Real violence. I stabbed in my thigh 14 yrs. ago. What I don't tell very many people is that he had tried to stab me in the chest following the intial wound. I was able to overpower my attacker and live to talk about this. Writing this...well it's the first time I've ever thought of myself as being lucky. That thought has never occured to me until just now. As person with this experience and subsequent anger management (court ordered - long story). If Demarcus is capable of attacking people in front of a stadium full of people than what else is he capable of? These are warning shots. Punches thrown without thought or regard for laws or respect of other people. Don't get me wrong there are situations where I feel that violence is an acceptable solution to a problem. I even make room for revenge which I know our society doesn't feel the same way. I don't think that someone bumping into you is a reason to strike them. Furthermore when you do something like this you have to first tell yourself it's ok. How did he get it into to his head that it's ok to elbow a player after a play has been stopped? How do you tell yourself its ok to deck someone for bumping into you? In his case I don't believe their is any calm before the storm. I'm pretty sure we are all hearing the thunder and I'm hear to tell you the storm is on it's way. He's a fantastic basketball player and I enjoy watching him but if you asked me to look into the crystal ball he's one step away from committing a homicide. So Eric if you think we should all just "move on"... you'd be ok with Demarcus dating your daughter? ....Right?